Snow-shovel.



A-. HUBERTY.

SNOW-SHOVEL.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 8, 1916.

Patented Oct. 3, 1916.

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v Application led January 8, 1916. Serial No. 70,949.

To all whom may concern Be it known that I, AUGUST HUBERTY, a

citizen of the United States, residing at- Canton, in the county of Stark and State of 5 Ohio, have invented a new and useful Snow- Shovel, of which the -following is a specification. y

My invention'relates lto improvementin snow shovels, in which traveling wheels are employed, and means for removing the S110 from the shovel.

The objects of the present invention are, first, to provide a shovel blade supported upon traveling wheels, and second, to pro- 15 These objects, together with other objects readily apparent to those skilled inthe art, .may be attained by the construction illus# trated in the accompanying drawings, al though the linvention maybe embodied in other forms, the construction illustrated being chosen by way of example.

In the a'ccompanyingfdrawings: Figure 1 isa perspective view showing the different parts properly arranged. Fig. 2 is 'a-"longi y Atudinal sectional view of the blade, showing parts in section. Fig. 3 is a detached view of the combined handle attaching bracket,

ingportions of the follower operating rod and handle, showing :the devicefor temporarily holding-the rod against accidental displacement...

4gu'es of the drawings. w y Y In the accompanying drawing, 1 -represents vthe blade which is constructed'of mai rhad to conveniencejn operating the shovel proper., The shovel blade as` shown is providedwith the 'side iang'esv 2, which vare for the purpose' of holding the load and at the same vtime adding rigidity tothe shovel of thefform shown or they may -be of any other desired'form. j g' y To the rear 'end'zof the shovel blade .1 `is attached the` yokeA 3, which yoke is 1 for the purpose o fV stiifeningfthe structure :proper .and at the same time provide means for properly 'attaching the .i axle 4, upon which 'the traveling wheelsr are mounted. In` the drawings I Vhaveillustrated the axle 4 as xiteadngaetirali across. .the-rear Portion.

. Specification of Letters Patent.

vide means for easily removing the load.

rod guide and brace. 'Fig. 4 is a viewshow-- Similar numerals-of. reference indicate.. corresponding parts throughout'the several Patented oei. 3, 191e.

but it will be understood that it is not absolutely necessary to extend the' axle 4 entirely across as stub-axles'may be'used in place of the axle shown. vAll that is`ne`cessary 1s to provide means for properly mounting the traveling wheels 5.

At the rear of the shovel blade 1. is lo-` cated' the bracket which is made up ofthe attaching plate 6,' the upright portion 7, the handle attaching iange 8, the yoke attaching iange 9 and the slotted upright or guide 10. The handle l1 is formed -of a length sufficient to provide suitable leverage to `move the forward portion of the shovel blade lupward and Aaway from the ground after it has been properly loaded. The handle 11. is preferably attached to the flange n 8 by means of suitable-cross rivets or bolts 12, but the particular manner of attaching the handle 11 is immaterial, reference being had to a rigid connection whereby the shovel proper can be' manipulated. In use the shovel proper is moved forward a suffcient distance to gather `snow upon the blade 1, it being understood that at this time the push' head orl blade 13 should be in the position shown inI Figs. 1 and 2, said push head or blade being brought into the .position'shown' bythe actuating -rod 14,

which actuating rod extends rearward and preferably above the handle 11, the rear end thereof being curved upward and provided: with the grip ring 15 or its equivalent.

rod 14 in proper "relative position with yreference to the handle 11, -th'e .staple 16 is provided, which staple lmay lconsist of anordinaryl eye-bolt which is connected. to the handle by the screw threaded shank 17.

.For the purpose' of preventing any accidental displacement ofsthe pushhead or blade 13 the actuating rodl4 is provided with the recess or socket18k, into which recess the pin 18ivi is seatedas best `shown in Fig. 4. lIt will beunderstood that the opening inthe eye bolt 16 .should be of a size sufficient to permit the. actuatingrod 14 to be4 moved to and from the handle 11. to al- .low the attaching and detaching of said handle to. andv from the 189.

. After. the shovel has. beenl properly loaded- 'or the desired amount ofk snow gathered, the

[handle 11` is moved downward, therebyv throwing the weight of theblade audits load For the .purpose f holding the 'actuating Upon the traveling Whselate Whiahills desired to be dumped the push head or blade 13 is moved forward or toward the forward end of the blade 1 by the actuating rod 14, which movement removes the snow or other material from the blade 1, after which the push head or blade 13 is brought into its former position. In Fig. 2 I have illustrated in dotted lines the push head or blade moved forward, by which movement the load contained upon the shovel blade l, is removed by the scraping action of said push head upon the upper surface of the shovel blade 1.

For the purpose of guiding the actuating rod, the slotted extension 10 is provided, through which slotted extension the actuating rod passes. For the purpose of limiting the movements of the actuating rod 14 and the push head 13, -said actuating rod is provided with the cushion stops 19 and 20, said stops coming in contact with the opposite faces of the slotted extension 10. I prefer to employ cushion stop blocks, preferably made of suitable yielding material,

which may be short sections of hose, so that in actuating the push-head sudden jars or shocks will be removed from the hand of the operator. l

It will be understood that a rigid connection should be made as between the pushhead 13, and the actuating rod 14 and in order to' provide for such connection I employ the jam nuts 21 located upon opposite sides ofthe push head or blade 13. It will be understood that when the handle is pressed -down so as to throw the entire weight of the load upon the traveling wheels 5 more or lessr strain is brought about and in order to give the desired rigidity, as between the handle 11 and the shovel blade proper the flange 9 should be connected to the yoke 3 and the flange 6 to the axle 4 or tothe under side of the shovel blade 1, by which arrangement the rigidity of the yoke 3 is utilized and the strain distributed to the opposite sides of the` shovel blade 1. l

The forward edge of the shovel blade 1, may if desired, be provided with the reinforcing strip4 22, which reinforcing strip may be of the form shown or of any other desired form, as its only object is to stifen the forward edge of the shovel blade. It will be understood that by the use of the push head or blade 13 that it will act as a back for the shovel blade, the snow or other material being moved backward and in contact with said push head Aduring the time the shovel is moved forward to gather a load of snow or other material.

While the present invention is especially designed as a snow shovel, I do not desire to be confined to any specific use as it will be' readily seen that regardless of the material designed to be removed, the action of theshovel will be the same.

If desired, the plate 6 and the axle 4 may be riveted or bolted together or the plate 6 may be riveted or bolted to the under side of the shovel blade as desired.

Having fully described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. In a device of the character described, the combination of a shovel-blade, an axle secured to the rear end of the shovel-blade, traveling wheels mounted uponsaid axle, a handle-bracket secured in fixed relationship with reference to the shovel-blade, a push head slidably mounted upon the shovelblade, an actuating rod secured to the push head, a ide flange located at the upper end of t e handle-bracket, ,said vactuating rod passing through the guide iange and adapted to guide the actuating rod.

2. In a device of the character described, the combination of a shovel-blade, a yoke fixed to said shovel-blade, an axle secured to said yoke and said axle provided with traveling wheels, a bracket located at the rear end of the shovel-blade, said` bracket made up of an axle attaching plate, an upright portion, ahandle connecting fiange, a guide fiange, and a yoke attaching flange, a push head slidably mounted upon the shovel-blade, an actuating rod secured to said push head and passing -through the guide flange of the bracket, means for limiting the movements of the actuating rod and 

